ok i know i'm supposed to be asleep now because i have to be at STALLION (look Max! its spelled like this) by 7.15am.. gonna take bus from there and head to Bayview Beach where the u-19 boys will be playing..

my opponent for tomorrow is Andre Koh (sry if i spell your name wrong man).. i've seen him play a few times last year when we're in u-17 but i nvr played against him before so i dont know what to expect.. well, i hope i can put in a good game tomorrow.. all i can do is play my best and hope its enough..

so the only Penangites going to Bayview tomorrow are Yassin, Dennis, blackie, and myself.. and Teng Hin of course.. one more problem...... i got no freaking academy shirt to wear!! i asked for it but he dont wanna give.. WTH..?? nvm la.. no shirt, i wear my own..

i guess i'll stop here.. will update about my matches when i can.. till then.....

ok i know i havent been posting for awhile + Max and Andria are both bugging me to update so here goes..

after CNY was MSSPP Squash.. i was seeded 5th.. i played against two easy opponents on the first day.. then it was the quarter finals.. i met the 4th seed, Nicholas.. i struggled throughout the match and cracked my racquet during the 3rd set.. i won the 3rd set but went down in the next to lose the match 1-3.. so i went into plate event.. i was schduled to play against an old team mate, Darren.. i told myself i have to win.. he took the first set quite easily and the same went for the 2nd set.. on the last point of the set i dived for the ball because i was pretty far away and i got to the ball but it came back straight at me so game to Darren.. i hurt myself diving for that ball.. and to add insult to injury, the string on my spare racquet snapped.. i had to use Ryan's extra.. after claiming the 3rd set i went on to lose the match 1-3.. it was very disappointing for me as i was hoping to at least be the next in line for the MSSM squad.. i later found out that the spare racquet of mine was also cracked..

so this week, school as usual.. blah blah blah and thursday was computer club.. again, there was no activities for the club.. everyone just sat in an air-cond classroom.. friday was scouts as usual.. deadman's crawl hurt a lot (guy scouts should know), and most of the rest of the activities were ok.. oh yeah, Mabel quit scouts.. and Mr Raymond was like so sarcastic throughout the meeting.. he was like "*angelic tone* oh child if you cannot do it, its ok.. i dont want you to get hurt" for the whole day.. WTF?!?!

then today, well normal stuff.. ran 6 laps within the time limit of 27 minutes.. then had exercises and training.. i kicked the hell outta the monkey's butt in training today (Penang squashers should know who i'm talkin about).. i wanted to coach also but i had to leave.. went to Queens and had Secret Recipe for lunch.. didnt buy anything because i had to go back after lunch.. there were sales all over Queens.. i was so tempted to buy my boots but too bad.. came home and finished off the chemistry experiment report.. and oh speaking of chemistry, i just found out that my chemistry teacher lives just across my area.. LOL..

i guess that's all i have to talk about.. sorry i dont have any pictures for now.. toodles..!!

yesterday was my open house for CNY.. the morning was a total chaos.. every member of my family running around the house getting the place prepared for our guests.. auntie Karen came early to cook the Sarawak Laksa and my aunt brought the roti jala and bla bla bla..

guests having lunch..

kakak frying the lobak..

the food..!!

underage gambling..!! lol.. and what is nicholas doing all alone on the couch?

watching tv i guess..

is playing the piano so frustrating..??

at least the guys are more relaxed..

after takin my shower, our first few guests arrived.. my guests didnt arrive till bout 3pm.. Kok Sin came with his gf first and then Wee Nee, Jee Nee, Nicholas, Ryan, and Ryosei came.. took them on a tour of my house and then they stopped at my room and trashed it.. haha.. went out to the garden to have "thong sui" and snacks while talkin total nonsense.. played blackjack after that and i LOST ALOT OF MONEY!! dinner was practically the same thing as lunch.. after that, the girls played the piano and the guys played NFS.. i sat on the massage chair near the piano and the girls attempted to carry me away.. =.= looks like the chair was very popular.. whatever.. continued playing games and then Kok Sin took the sisters home and the two brothers went back soon after.. Ryosei followed KS..

that pretty much sums up my day..

the night before my cousins came to visit and so did auntie Kam Chee (mum's friend)..

ivan..

today is the 1st day of Chinese New Year.. so new year meant new clothes, new this new that..

well yeah i know the colour is a bit.... what's the word i'm looking for?? erm... eccentric? LOL..

well, went to relatives houses today like every year.. went to my aunt's house right after getting my ang-pow from my parents.. the usual suspects were there.. my cousins, nephews, nieces, uncles, aunties.. had Tu-Thor-Thng there like every year..

me ( the tallest.. duh!) and my sis and cousins and nephews and nieces.. guess which is which..

new RM50 note..

went to another aun't house after that.. couldn't wait to get there.. her layer cakes, jam tarts, and other cookies was like having a magnetic force on me.. only once a year get to eat k..

after that off to another place.. my grand-uncle's house.. ate there again.. damn i ate so much i think i hv to go on diet for Saturday and Sunday just to prepare for MSSPP..

after that, headed to Sri York to visit the Lim family.. uncles Shyang Guei, Shyang Fu who are like god-fathers to me and Shyang Huei who's like an uncle to me althought we're all not related.. Yi May, Jaqueline, and Kevin who are like brothers and sisters to me or maybe cousins.. and my sort of god-grandfather and grandma.. our families were like so close even before i was born.. so yeah, practically family already.. after playing a few rounds of tennis on their Nintendo Wii, headed back home and up till now i'm still stuck here updating.. i'll just stop here lah..

to Chee Chiang : sorry i cant make it to your open house tomorrow..

ivan..

i went to Free School for the 1st time in 2 months today to get my stuff and see some old faces.. went there around 8am and start traking down teachers to get my PEKA and personal file and other stuff la.. i cant say i was missed in PFS.. some teachers were like "you studied here??".. wtf man..

so i got my Chemistry and Physics PEKA and my moral assignment and went to the see the KK teacher to get my marks..

KK : you people come here anytime you want expect me to do for you immediately.. people like you better not be in Free School.. come here only waste one two hours of my time..

Ivan : =.= oh yeah yeah ok whatever..

(thinking)*WTF?!? i am the one wasting my time coming here to get all this and you freaking complain? just gimme and shut up*

>> oh i left out something, they freaking spelled my name wrong on my record.. my name was stated IVAN NG TREN YUEN!

Kee Tat gave me a hug (damn gay la you).. the rest shook hands or just said hi.. some teachers remembered me.. Mr Goh, Pn Ratna, Pn Sumathi, Pn Soon, Mr Ooi (duh), and our all time favourite form teacher.... Mr AZWAN HAIRI!! lol.. he sounds the same..

after going around town following my mum, went back and waited the arrival of the Chuah brothers.. played football and met up with Vic, Aeron, Affeq and the whole lot.. i think i played a 50-50 game.. missed two great chances.. but its ok.. i will get better..

i guess that's all of the crap i have to say.. this might be my last post till after CNY so

GONG XI FA CAI!!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!
GONG HEI FAT CHOI!!
SELAMAT TAHUN BARU CINA!!

ivan..

Xing Nian Tao!

yes people.. Chinese New Year is around the corner.. its only 3 days away.. and my apologies if my mandarin aint that good (refering to post title)..

so Chinese New Year means more of these things..

and of course, ANG POW!!

well nothing much happened this weekend.. the same routine for saturday.. i have only 14 hours of coaching left.. and today, its all cleaning and hanging up pictures and stuff.. sheesh i forgot how much work CNY is.. anyway, i'm already on my CNY break.. school's out for a week.. will be going to Free School to get my file and leaving cert.. i guess that's all..

ivan